Product Company vs. Consulting Company — During all these professional years, I’ve worked on product companies and consulting. Although I have a sweet spot for consultancy, a product company has particularities that make it good too. After living for two years and a half in Dublin working in a product company as a Product Manager, I…

Identifying the main values to prioritize the work — There are several ways to prioritize the work. I have practiced so many along these years that helped me to understand what is really important to consider. At this stage, I hope you all know that in order to have a successful product the three areas, Design+Engineer+Business, must work together…

How do you keep the relationship with internal stakeholders? — How do you maintain a good communication, transparency, and synchronization within other areas and teams in your company? In product management the ability to manage a good relationship with stakeholders is mandatory. It should be a regular activity with everyone involved in the project/product. It is normal in the rush…

From epiphany to awareness. — Sometimes when I am in bed finally resting and relaxing ready to sleep, my brain gears are like “wait, wait, not yet” 😅 A few weeks ago I had a night exactly like this one, and suddenly an epiphany. At the beginning of this year, Richard (the Product Design) and…

Using BDD to write User Stories — Working as PO/PM I have learned several ways to write a user story, and different times these ways worked for one team but not for another. But one that stands out is Given-When-Then format part of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD). As part of being more explicit regarding what we want to…

Happy World Product Day!! 🤗🌎 — Today I have decided to share a note that I created a long time ago after listening to a podcast about Product Managers staring Marty Cagan. I apologize in advance but I could not find the link. I will add it here once I get it. The job of product…

Blueprint in product management — Today I decided to share with you a tool that has helped me a little in the past, but nowadays it has been put to good use. Blueprint. Blueprint is used to design a plan and guide us throughout the vision. …

Applying Agile Manifesto in the day-to-day — “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools” That’s the first value in the Agile Manifesto. Honestly, how often do you check the values there and rethink the things you’re doing on a regular basis? I get so busy with day-to-day responsibilities that I often forget to go back to these…

You need to be open to trying things that might not work and maybe fail, but that’s how we learn — You need to be open to trying things that might not work and maybe fail, but that’s how we learn. Doing it faster provides a faster understanding. Sometimes the lack of trust from the executives drives fear inside the team, and people stop opinionating, stop openness, stop believing. …